mag wrote on May 31, 2014, 15:16:It's not like they have the ability to reprogram all of these old games. The source code of some of them doesn't even exist anymore! I'm perfectly okay with Wine.

It's not about the older games, it's the newer ones like Witcher 2 that is the concern. It was wrapped in a WINE shell, and so suffers massive power issues. One of those games that I MIGHT be able to get 20 FPS on lowest settings if I run it on Linux, but I know (having done it) I can get 30-40 FPS on max settings at 1080p.

Now, if you are a beginner to Linux and you're trying to use it for gaming, this doesn't look good and seems to do everything it can to make Linux look much slower then Windows.

WaltC wrote on May 23, 2014, 15:37:If I was Microsoft I would not bother patching IE 8--what's the point? If people can't or won't download and use a newer free version of IE, then they probably aren't going to download the patch for IE 8, either, so, again, what's the point?

The fix ought to be "download IE 9 or above." Common sense. Microsoft is catering too much to dummies, these days.

Its a political move I think. They don't patch it, and they get a ton more bad press for security, even though people should have upgraded. Look at the flak they got for the first time they tried to retire XP (and the flak they are getting for having retired it now.)

Live CD's haven't been copied because of driver hell. If you made a Live image of either one and it had driver issues, it would make someone think twice about using that OS due to all the issues it would have. (though this never is taken into account when someone reviews Linux.)

UConnBBall wrote on Apr 3, 2014, 16:09:I also hate Apple and hate lazy devlopers who are just kissing money good-bye. Port it to Android and not the 12% market share iOS.

The 12% iOS share represents the majority of revenue is the problem we keep hearing from developers though. I don't know if this is piracy, device fragmentation or whatever but they make a lot more money on iOS unfortunately.

I've heard different answers from different groups, but when you look at the hard numbers you notice that the ones that state that iOS gave them more money was when they made really piss-poor ports to Android and then wondered why the money wasn't just pouring in.

jdreyer wrote on Mar 23, 2014, 20:39:I think part of the problem is that it was a he-said-she-said issue, since people were just guessing that ISPs were throttling traffic.

It had been shown many times that it was the ISP throttling by using a VPN. Load up Netflix like normal and have major issues with bandwidth. Now load up the VPN and watch Netflix in it's full glory. Showed it wasn't a bandwidth issue, it was an ISP issue.

DrSquick wrote on Mar 23, 2014, 19:35:I don't understand why they are so passive about this though. If they know a certain ISP is throttling them, why not throw a giant banner on every movie saying "We detected you are a XXX customer, they are throttling your connection to us which will result in poor performance, call 1-800-xxx-xxxx and let them know you will not accept that."

I understand they have to stay in business, but make life hell for the ISPs. Make them hire a thousand more customer service reps to take the angry calls from people.

I know my parents would just say "damn, Netflix is slow today." If they could instead redirect that anger toward their ISP it might be more useful!

If they did that, people wouldn't care or understand. They would be just like your parents saying "Damn Netflix, is slow today". And would be more looking towards switching to that nice and fast Comcast streaming service on their Comcast internet.

Cutter wrote on Feb 20, 2014, 18:04:No Blue, the Japanese do not count other countries. All those Asian countries are incredibly closed off, xenophobic and racist.

That used to be true, but it's changing. The young generation have much less ill will or hatred toward other Asians compared to their parents and grandparents. Even mainland China is opening up. There is much cultural exchange and friendship between individuals in South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan for instance. Even gov't policy is changing, such as the Japanese letting "Koreans" born and raised in Japan become Japanese. One exception to this is the North Koreans, but not without reason. The DPRK has kidnapped Japanese and flown missiles over Japan. They go out of their way to inspire hatred.

I have to agree with this. The lady is South Korean, and so I've gone with her to Korea. I noticed that people in their 40's and up tended to be... less then impressed with me arm in arm with a South Korean woman. 30's and younger typically didn't care (or thought how great looking I was. Great when you can translate what they are saying...), or thought it was nice to see us so happy. They didn't care about the differences.

Problem with things like this about indie games and the future is they want to point out games like Flappy Bird, Minecraft, Super Meat Boy, and Braid while ignoring the fact for every one of these, there are hundreds of clones of these games made by... dun dun dun... indies.

For every unique indie maker, there are a ton just as quick to chase a buck like the big corps.

Was really disappointed in the Returns campaign. Wasn't a challenge as a fighter class, choices had no real effect so that killed multiple playthru value and was shorter then I expected it.

And what was worse was since I bought the Android version without looking (shame on me there) I didn't notice it doesn't have an editor (most likely so it would fall in line with the iOS version since I figure Apple would have denied it that ability or it would prevent most editor features beyond pre-built/defined ones from working). So play the campaign and then... replay it again with no real changes? Not much fun.

Cutter wrote on Jan 23, 2014, 19:05:What a pittance lobbying costs. Just consider the billions they get in return for the millions they spend. You'd think the fat cat politicians would be holding out for a lot more money. A lot more!

I'm quite curious what the money was spent lobbying for.

I'm fine with lobbying for net neutrally, as people stand to gain from this, and it works in line with many companies interests. Win win

I find myself quite productive with my Nexus 10 (wouldn't suggest it now due to it being over a year old and still same price... needs a refresh). I have a bluetooth keyboard and apps like AIDE and Sand IDE to program with.

The Samsung normal tablets I'm not for due to all the bloatware, but... CyanogenMOD? Does it work with those touch sensitive pens? Would be tempted for that if they work as well...